Bahador Alast. Могут ли тауреги, кабильцы и санхаджи понимать друг друга?
In this episode we showcase some of the similarities and test the degree of mutual intelligibility between three different Amazigh languages. Instead of a list of words and sentences, Wissam (Kabyle speaker), Myles (Tamashek Tuareg speaker), and Mohamed (Senhaja de Srair speaker) will each read short paragraphs in their respective languages to see how well they can understand one another.
The Amazigh (Berber) languages (ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ) are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family and spoken by the Amazigh (Berber) people, who are indigenous to North Africa. The largest Amazigh speaking populations are in Morocco, Algeria and Libya. There are also communities in Tunisia, Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso and Mauritania and in the Siwa Oasis of Egypt. It has official status in both Algeria and Morocco. Historically, the ancient Libyco-Berber script was used in order to write the language. Today it is still widely used in the form of the Tifinagh script. In add